Miitomo Moves Up to Number One on the Japanese App Store Charts

Nintendo looks to dominate more portable devices.

UPDATE:Miitomo, Nintendo's first smartphone app, has moved to the number one spot in the free games category. You can read our original story when the app debuted below.

Nintendo's first mobile app just debuted at number two on the Japanese iOS App Store.

A quick search for the software, which just launched in Japan, reveals it's currently only beat out by Puzzle & Dragons Radar.

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Our own Miitomo preview explains the free social application has a lot in common with another Nintendo product: 3DS game Tomodachi Life. Though silly, Miitomo features a greater focus on communicating through Nintendo Miis than outright fun and games.

Unfortunately, the Japanese App Store is currently our only measure of success for Miitomo. The app hasn't launched in outside territories just yet, but is currently scheduled to exit Japan at the end of this month.

Miitomo Launch Day JP Screens

In the meantime, curious parties can check out our Miitomo import guide to see Nintendo's latest experiment right now.

Steven Strom is a freelance games writer whose name and face are plastered across the internet. One such place you can find him is Twitter.